Graveyard Shift: A Novel
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Police procedurals go supernatural in this gritty urban fantasy debut by Michael F. Haspil in Graveyard Shift
Alex Menkaure once ruled as pharaoh. Marcus once lived in the time of Caesar. Now, mummy and vampire are partners in a special police unit, fighting to keep the streets safe from both supernatural criminals and anti-vampire vigilantes.
When someone starts poisoning the artificial blood used by vampires, relations between vampires and humans deteriorate to the brink of anarchy. While the city threatens to tear itself apart, Alex and Marcus must form an unnatural alliance with a vigilante gang and a shape-shifter woman in a desperate battle against an ancient conspiracy.
If they succeed, they'll be pariahs, hunted by everyone. If they fail, the result will be a war bloodier than any the world has ever seen.
"Gritty urban fantasy and hard-boiled noir packed into a hand grenade of awesome!" —Mario Acevedo, author of Werewolf Smackdown
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Michael F. Haspil. (2017). Graveyard Shift: A Novel. Tom Doherty Associates.
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Police procedurals go supernatural in this gritty urban fantasy debut by Michael F. Haspil in Graveyard Shift
Alex Menkaure once ruled as pharaoh. Marcus once lived in the time of Caesar. Now, mummy and vampire are partners in a special police unit, fighting to keep the streets safe from both supernatural criminals and anti-vampire vigilantes.
When someone starts poisoning the artificial blood used by vampires, relations between vampires and humans deteriorate to the brink of anarchy. While the city threatens to tear itself apart, Alex and Marcus must form an unnatural alliance with a vigilante gang and a shape-shifter woman in a desperate battle against an ancient conspiracy.
If they succeed, they'll be pariahs, hunted by everyone. If they fail, the result will be a war bloodier than any the world has ever seen.
"Gritty urban fantasy and hard-boiled noir packed into a hand grenade of awesome!" —Mario Acevedo, author of Werewolf Smackdown
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"Gritty urban fantasy and hard-boiled noir packed into a hand grenade of awesome!"
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- content: "The buddy-cop formula gets an undead twist with Alex--also known as the pharaoh Menkaure, reanimated to carry out an eternal duty--and Marcus, his vampiric colleague, who serve as cops in a special paranormal unit. Between the two of them, they have several thousand years' worth of superpowers and martial aptitude. The action is gritty, cinematic, and unrelenting...the worldbuilding is intriguing (as a figure drawn from Egyptian mythos, Alex injects fresh blood into undead tropes), and the reader runs no chance of growing bored during the tense race to the finish, in which a confrontation with an old enemy lays the groundwork for a potential sequel. Fans of urban fantasy, noir, and tightly choreographed action scenes will enjoy the blood and bullets in this adrenaline-heavy ride through crime scenes and secret societies."
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In Haspil's debut novel, two immortal cops--a mummy and a vampire--work to solve killings in a Miami where humans and vampires (as well as other supernatural creatures) have reached a tenuous peace.The buddy-cop formula gets an undead twist with Alex--also known as the pharaoh Menkaure, reanimated to carry out an eternal duty--and Marcus, his vampiric colleague, who serve as cops in a special paranormal unit. Between the two of them, they have several thousand years' worth of superpowers and martial aptitude. But when someone starts tainting the synthetic blood that allows vampires to coexist with humans, the resulting anarchy tests even Alex's and Marcus' formidable abilities. The two cops run into reminders of their pasts as they trace a trail a bodies--a lot of bodies--back to their source. (Alex and Marcus add a few bodies to that trail while they're at it.) The action is gritty, cinematic, and unrelenting...perhaps at the expense of characterization. After 350 pages, the reader knows more about Alex's and Marcus' badass abilities than their personalities, a gap exacerbated by the narrative's offhand, coy hints at their histories, which never deepen into true exploration. But the worldbuilding is intriguing (as a figure drawn from Egyptian mythos, Alex injects fresh blood into undead tropes), and the reader runs no chance of growing bored during the tense race to the finish, in which a confrontation with an old enemy lays the groundwork for a potential sequel. Fans of urban fantasy, noir, and tightly choreographed action scenes will enjoy the blood and bullets in this adrenaline-heavy ride through crime scenes and secret societies; just don't expect too much introspection.COPYRIGHT(2017) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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DEBUT Once a pharaoh in ancient Egypt, the man now known as Alex Romer works for the paranormal department of the Miami Police. With his vampire partner Marcus, he gets sucked into several cases that seem to be heating up tension between the city's humans and vampires. One involves the hunt for a vigilante vampire killer known as Abraham, while another hinges on someone tainting the synthetic blood supply with a substance that can drive vampires into a violent frenzy. To top it off, a new ancient vampire has moved into the Miami area, with plans cloaked in shadows. Local regional details make an interesting backdrop, and while we've seen just about everything in this subgenre, a former pharaoh is definitely new. VERDICT Those who enjoy police action mixed with urban fantasy may want to try this series launch, but the squeamish should be prepared for a hefty amount of violence, much of it against women.--MM
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Haspil’s debut creates a dilemma for those charged with keeping order in a world filled with the undead. Det. Alex Romer serves and protects the citizens of a present-day Miami where vampires and werewolves have recently come into the open. He’s a onetime mummy; his partner, Marcus, is a vampire of the Roman era; and both of them are former secret agents. They’re uniquely qualified to help as the city adjusts to the presence of supernatural beings and they’re sure they’ve seen everything the unnatural world has to offer. Their confidence is shaken when they confront the monstrosity that occurs only when humans turn against their own kind. Haspil leans on earlier works of urban fantasy, relying on a genre-savvy reader who doesn’t need to have the intricacies of the world spelled out. Instead he focuses on the everyday complications of an integrated world combined with the frustrations of regular police work. Entertaining, gory, and sometimes heartbreaking, this first effort is a promising new perspective on an old tale. Agent: Sara Megibow, KT Literary.
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When someone starts poisoning the artificial blood used by vampires, relations between vampires and humans deteriorate to the brink of anarchy. While the city threatens to tear itself apart, Alex and Marcus must form an unnatural alliance with a vigilante gang and a shape-shifter woman in a desperate battle against an ancient conspiracy.
If they succeed, they'll be pariahs, hunted by everyone. If they fail, the result will be a war bloodier than any the world has ever seen.
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